WDK will hit the street at K2025
19 Jun 2025
Sector association details plans to showcase rubber/elastomer innovations at world’s biggest polymer industry expo
Düsseldorf, Germany – German rubber industry association the WDK has announced that it will participate in K2025 – the world's leading trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry, taking place 8-15 Oct in Düsseldorf.
Of “particular importance in these challenging times,” K is a central meeting place for the industry and a lighthouse event which illustrates the innovative capacity of the plastics and rubber industry, said WDK’s 17 June release.
According to the association’s MD Boris Engelhardt, K2025 represents a unique platform for the rubber and elastomer industry, where companies can find out about the latest innovations from their suppliers, and present their products to an international audience.
“This range is a perfect match for us,” said Engelhardt. “This is because our network partners are represented along the entire supply-chain. They will present innovative and high-quality rubber products that are indispensable for creating a sustainable and safe living environment.”
The first port-of-call for all those who want to find out more about elastomers at K2025 will once again be Rubber Street, which will be presented by Messe Düsseldorf as a special show for the first time in 2025, WDK pointed out.
With a record exhibitor bookings, it stated, the rubber hotspot area in Hall 6 reflects the entire elastomer value chain, from suppliers of raw materials and compounders to processors and the recycling sector, noted the association.
WKD is traditionally the patron of Rubber Street and will be present with its own booth in 2025 together with the Allianz Zukunft Reifen (AZuR) network, which is focused on promoting the circular economy across the rubber and elastomers sector.
Together with the German Association of the Plastics Processing Industry, PlasticsEurope Germany and the Plastics and Rubber Machinery Association in the VDMA, the WDK is the ‘conceptual sponsor’ of the K trade fair, with MD Engelhardt representing the rubber industry on the exhibitor advisory board of the K trade fair.
WDK is the umbrella organization of German manufacturers of tires and technical elastomer products, representing over 200 companies with almost 70,000 employees and a total annual turnover of more than €10 billion.
